TLR - Air Libya

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Airline Name
Air Libya

IATA: 7Q / 7I [sources vary] / ICAO: TLR / CALLSIGN: AIR LIBYA
Founded in 1996 (as Tibesti Air Libya), commenced operations in 1999

Country of Origin
Libya, Africa ( )
Main Hub(s): Benghazi Benina International (BEN)

Aircraft Types Used (from those available in WoA)
(For this airline, some types are available in WoA, some not.)

Aircraft operated (already in-game/planned):

Boeing 737 (-200 Adv, -400, -500) - 3 former.
(1 of each variant.)
(Pictured below: Boeing 737-200 Adv 5A-DKY - later damaged beyond repair in attack)

Before we continue, there was this updated (though not current/modern) livery on the type, but I could only find this photo of it:
(Pictured below: Ditto, in updated livery)

Photos of their -200 in general are pretty scarce unfortunately, only the bare white scheme was documented enough for multiple references.
Anyways though, let’s move on:

(Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any media of the -400 they had, likely because it was leased out for only about 2 months, December 2010 to February 2011 in specific, from Tailwind Airlines. The -500 also only appeared in a bare white livery with no markings, at least from what I found, so I can’t offer much else for the 737s - sorry about that.)

Bombardier CRJ (-100ER, -200LR, CRJ1/CRJ2) - 3 operating, 3 former.
(2/4 for each variant, respectively.)
Current active aircraft types from those listed: Bombardier CRJ-200LR (3)
(Pictured below: Bombardier CRJ-100ER ZS-CRJ)

Here’s what appears to be a hybrid livery between Air Libya and Alfa Airlines, the latter of whom was providing the aircraft on a lease:
(Pictured below: Bombardier CRJ-100ER ST-ALL)

I’d like to provide more references, but similar to before with the 737s, not much other media can be found when it comes to the -100s, so moving on:
(Pictured below: Bombardier CRJ-200LR 5A-FLR)

Had to attach this shot of the livery recreated on X-Plane, because no other reference images existed of the left side of the airframe - again, sorry about that. Finding images for these types is a little challenging today…

Anyways, next up, there was this quite cool livery they had on another one of their CRJs, though it doesn’t have any Air Libya titles or markings, unfortunately. However, the aircraft is indeed registered as part of their fleet, so I’ll include it here:
(Pictured below: Bombardier CRJ-200LR 5A-LHR)

Now, this livery appears to have originated from one of 5A-LHR’s previous operators, likely the Lithuanian operator Charter Jets, which explains quite the contrast in the livery design between it and the rest of Air Libya. Still though, it looks nice, I do really like that shade of purple - though I’d understand if the lack of Air Libya titles makes it look a little “generic” or something like that.

Anyways, that should be it for what the CRJ has to offer. Finding references has been quite rocky thus far, though thankfully things seemed to have documented better for this next type:

British Aerospace BAe 146 / Avro RJ (-300, RJ100, B463) - 3 operating, 4 former.
(1/6 for both variants, respectively.)
Current active aircraft types from those listed: British Aerospace Avro RJ100 (3)
(Pictured below: British Aerospace BAe 146-300 5A-DKQ - later damaged beyond repair in attack)

While the 146-300 had the “older” livery of Air Libya, the RJ100s have the updated, current livery - here’s what that looks like:
(Pictured below: British Aerospace Avro RJ100 5A-FLM)

(Pictured below: British Aerospace Avro RJ100 5A-FLA - partially preserved)

Now, that should be all for the BAe 146/Avro RJ. They also seemed to have a BAe 146-200 that’s actually still in operation, but unfortunately, I can’t find any media of it. So, let’s move on:

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (-300, DHC6) - 1 former.
(Pictured below: 5A-DHN - status unknown)

I’m not quite sure what that little logo at the nose is meant to be - any context about it would, of course, be appreciated.
However, before we move on, there was also this alternative livery for the type, with Air Libya titles:
(Pictured below: Ditto, in alternative livery)

This livery appears to have been a late 2000s livery for 5A-DHN, earlier in its life… though I’m not quite sure why they’d later remove the Air Libya titles in its final livery.

Rather strange, but let’s move on to the next aircraft type; it was actually one of the main reasons I wanted to suggest this airline:

Let L-410 Turbolet (UVP-E, L410) - exact number of aircraft operated not available/not clear.
(Pictured below: 5Y-BRU - status unknown)

And now, with that aside, that should have covered all their aircraft that are either in-game or are planned for it. So now, as for what isn’t:

Aircraft operated (not in-game):

Antonov An-26 (no specific variant, AN26) - 1 former.
(Pictured below: EK-13399 - later written off in fatal accident, known as ST-ARL at end of its life)

Interestingly, according to another photographer’s comment (of the same aircraft, of course), only the right side was fitted with the Air Libya titles, or more specifically, Tibesti Air Libya titles - more on that in a moment.

As for what the left side looked like, it had the titles of another operator, being a Sudanese airline known as Trans-Attico:
(Pictured below: Ditto, from the other side)

Now I’m not quite sure if Trans-Attico leased this aircraft to Air Libya for a little while or if it was fully bought out by Air Libya, as I saw Air Libya briefly operated the aircraft after Trans-Attico, but only until about late 2003, after which it went to an unknown operator. It’s a bit of an odd history…

Anyways, before we move on, you might’ve recalled the bit above about Tibesti Air Libya being the former name of this airline, earlier on in its life. Keep this in mind as we move on, especially because some of the next aircraft do have Tibesti Air Libya titles/liveries.

Boeing 727 (-200 Adv, B722) - 2 former.
(Pictured below: 5A-DKV - derelict)

CASA C-212 Aviocar (-100, C212) - 1 former.
(Pictured below: 5A-DMJ - status unknown)

Cessna 421 Golden Eagle (421C Golden Eagle, C421) - 2 former.
(Pictured below: 5A-DBM - now known as 2-MAPP)

Partenavia P.68 (P.68 Observer, AP68TP-300 Spartacus, P68/P68T) - exact number of aircraft operated not available/not clear.
(Pictured below: Partenavia P.68 Observer 5A-DSE - status unknown)

Do note that Arabic titles (equivalent to the Tibesti Air Libya titles) were present on the left side of the aircraft, though unfortunately no media seems to exist showing 5A-DSE’s left side.

However, the Spartacus thankfully has enough media to show what the titles looked like, and it’s even in a similar livery too:
(Pictured below: Partenavia AP68TP-300 Spartacus 5A-DSD - status unknown)

Tupolev Tu-154 (-154B-2, T154) - exact number of aircraft operated not available/not clear.
(Pictured below: 4L-85496 - later scrapped)

Yakovlev Yak-40 (-40, -40K, -40KD, YK40) - exact number of aircraft operated not available/not clear.
(Pictured below: Yakovlev Yak-40 5A-DKG - later damaged beyond repair in attack)

Here’s what I can assume to be a Yak-40 configured with VIP transport in mind:
(Pictured below: Yakovlev Yak-40 5A-DKK - later scrapped)

Now, under the Tibesti Air Libya name, there were also a few examples of Yak-40 liveries:
(Pictured below: Yakovlev Yak-40 EX-87426 - status unknown)

Next up, here’s an ex-Aeroflot scheme:
(Pictured below: Yakovlev Yak-40 EX-87250 - later scrapped)

As for the Yak-40K, here’s what its liveries looked like:
(Pictured below: Yakovlev Yak-40K EX-88207 - status unknown)

And finally, here’s the last variant operated, the Yak-40KD, under the Air Libya name again:
(Pictured below: Yakovlev Yak-40KD 5A-DKM - later damaged beyond repair in attack)

Though, the aircraft did also have a livery example of the airline’s Air Libya Tibesti years:
(Pictured below: Yakovlev Yak-40KD EX-87228 - same as 5A-DKM above; earlier registration)

As a sidenote, finding information for this airline and its aircraft types was quite a bit difficult at times. (though you probably picked up on that lol)
While I’ve made it clear to let me know if any information I present is wrong or inaccurate, I do really want to emphasize that stance for this post, and if you do find any, do reply with your findings and I’ll check it out - thank you in advance if you do, and of course, thanks for checking out this suggestion.

Why should this airline be added?
I’d say this airline should be added primarily because of its quite unique fleet, including aircraft such as the DHC-6, L-410, and even BAe 146/Avro RJs when it comes to those in-game, and of course they operated into the 2010s, allowing them to be purchased as map contracts. I also think that this airline could be added with the L-410 or even the 737-200, both of which are currently in development.

Either way though, despite the general lack of information and media with this airline, I still think that it should be added as it has quite a unique fleet, with notably rare types that either were operated up until relatively recently - or are even still operated to this day.

SOURCES:
Air Libya’s Planespotters.net Page
Air Libya’s Wikipedia Page